Black Bear Diner Colorado Springs - Garden of the Gods

Aurora Location: Delicious food, nice people, clean place. The pancakes are amazing, flavor and texture. Colorado Springs-Garden of Gods Location Smaller than Aurora location but so nice. Food was amazing. Becca, the server, took care of us and made us feel welcome. Prices are affordable. Huge portions. I will definitely visit the Illinois’ location soon.

Not only is the service here fantastic, the food delicious and served in good time and at a good price, but these guys serve FRESH orange juice!! Like what place does that?! Not only that but their clothing merch has articles that are 100% cotton!!! And the coffee is sooo good!! If I didn't live so far away I would ask for a job here so I could have their food every day! Awesome energy, awesome people, awesome food, worth every penny and tip. God bless you guys at Black Bear Diner!! <3 (Katy was our server, younger server with dark straight hair, she deserves a raise!!)

I’m really not sure what happened, since the reviews seem to be overwhelmingly positive here. We were here almost 2 hours, for what usually would be maybe half an hour at a diner? It took forever for anyone to come to us just to bring us waters, and was probably half an hour before we even ordered. We were debating leaving because it was taking so long, which I’m glad we didn’t because the food was great. It was hot, and had large portions and was delicious! Which is why the experience was so frustrating! We had to flag down a different server to get our check, and when we went up front to pay, we were waiting 10+ minutes and no one was there, so we just ended up leaving our check with some cash to cover it because we couldn’t find anyone to allow us to pay! But like I said, the food was amazing.

I’m visiting CO Springs this weekend for a wedding. My wife is in the wedding and our room has been chaotic. To try and have some sort of peace before the crazy evening unfolds, I looked for some nearby places to eat. Black Bear Diner popped up and I figured I’d give it a try. I assumed it was a local eatery based on the Google reviews, but to my surprise it is a chain. Since it was just me, I was able to get a seat right away at the bar. I ordered the Chorizo Burrito to switch up my normal breakfast order of pancakes, which I had yesterday at a different diner closer to my home. The burrito slapped (as the kids would say) and the hash browns were tasty. I think the salsa was a nice complement but not necessary for the burrito. Being the first college football Saturday of the season, and the Academy has a home game, the Black Bear did a great job at turning customers. Overall, it was a great meal, service and atmosphere. Watching the staff work together to make orders happen was cool. You normally see this level of cohesion at smaller establishments, and had their menu not shared all of their other locations I would have assumed this was a mom and pop eatery.

Good size breakfast portions. The smaller version of biscuits and gravy still had one large biscuit that was hard to finish. The flavor and consistency of the gravy was spot on, with a bit of a peppery flavor. The sausage was cooked well. The strawberry waffle and chorizo breakfast burrito were also tasty.

first off the decor was so cute. the service was great, super nice lady. & our food was delicious and came out quick. plus the portions were huge! get the sweet potato fries.

Came here after we were at the zoo. A fun cozy dining experience with stellar food. Burger was cooked correctly, chicken, fries and onion rings were fried to perfection. Took dessert to go. Very excited to see a location closer to home to visit again.

My food came out warm and delicious! I ordered the Club Sandwich and it came with a side. Definitely need to try more off the menu but the strawberry lemonade is delicious as well 👌🏽